Paychecks: A Short Story

People have ideas that in today's society professional athletes are swimming in money, but do they really know what their athletes paychecks look like? These paychecks aren’t always what they seem to be.

“What if” is something one asks oneself after a tough decision. They ask each other what would have happened if they had chosen another path; would they have felt better or worse. In the short story “The Rattler”, a man questions whether or not to kill a rattlesnake who had no intention of attacking him. He thinks hard about the situation. At the end he decides to kill him and is left with the thought of “what if”.

The workers on Tyler Ranch had all been enjoying a game of horseshoes out in the front of the ranch, while Lennie was in the barn with his pet pup. It had only been a couple of months since Lennie and his best pal, George Milton came to the ranch looking for work. “He was strange, he hardly ever spoke, goddamit I should have known to never hire such a punk,” states the Boss.

At the end of the book Emerson and Vince are driving to Emerson’s house to go and say goodbye to her mother. When they arrive they knock on the door, no one is home. So they decide they want to go to Carl’s house and give him his wallet back with all of his money in it. Meanwhile, Emerson’s mom (Rhonda) has Carl with her. She kidnapped him so he could help her find her daughter. So while Emerson and Vince are driving to Carl’s home so is Rhonda. Once Emerson and Vince arrive at the house, Carl’s wife comes out hoping it is Carl, but it’s not. So they give the wallet to Carl’s wife to give it to him once he returns home. Emerson and Vince say goodbye and leave the house, they drive up the hill when Emerson tells him to turn around to go back

In the beginning Carl wakes up tied to a bed next to his wife. He can only remember his name, his wifes and sons. He doesn't remember how he got there or anything before the time before he woke up. ¨Carl just stared

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During the search of the building specifically in the office, Jacobs noticed the safe found open with the contents removed, as well as

women. About 42 million women live near or below the poverty line, and about 28 million

The man said “can you help me get justice”, and Jocko said ok without knowing what happened in his life since he was such a nice guy. The old man said to Jocko “my name is Kurt , once I was a well-known respected businessman in the city. I had a wife named ‘Kelly’, we were a happy family until my manager ‘Donald’ betrayed me. He made a big loss to my company, he then kidnapped me and made me hand over all my property to him otherwise he would kill my wife. The next day he came to our house, his thugs held me and beaten me up, they stabbed my wife, then drove me to this graveyard in a van and dropped me here.” Kurt wanted Jocko to help him get justice. Kurt wanted to make Donald poor no matter what it takes. They went to see Kurt's house see if they can find anything, when they were searching they saw a letter under his wife's pillow when Kurt opened it, the letter had ‘dear darling, I'm sorry that I didn’t tell you this, I am pregnant’ written on it. After reading that Kurt was surprised, he was so happy but then he remembered what happen. After seeing Kurt sad Jocko took him to the morgue in town, there they saw Kurt's wife's body,Kurt started crying, then the guy who worked there came and said ‘i heard that she was taken to the hospital after the injury and there she had a daughter

Is America the best country in the world like it claims to be? Numerous controversial issues can keep Americans debating all day long. Bias is one of the main causes of these disputable topics. Discrimination against certain groups of people still exist today in America. Issues regarding gender can lead to big disputes because everybody has a different opinion. Some people believe men are the superior gender, while other people believe the opposite. The controversial issue of wage inequality deserves to be addressed because women are just as equal to men. A step further into equalizing genders would be wage equality. There are economical, social and political reasons why the United States should equalize pay.

Another tunnel leading off into a new direction would have came as no good news. Thankfully it wasn't. Eyeing the gate, he knew it not to be a passage of any kind but that of a former place of security. The vault, or at least what little remained of it. Its cramped insides empty. Not even a rat would dare cross the threshold, he thought glumly, thinking of the threats that had been made before. The place where the bodies of the bank employees and wealthy clients were brought. The killers would have likely preferred to have dumped them inside the vault itself, but the door had been locked and the key – from what little of the local gossip he'd heard, as that was more trustworthy than the newspaper articles – could not be found on any member of staff. Instead the attackers piled up their bodies before the gate, at the very cramped spot he now

While he is doing this, two more men, Harry and Tom, enter the house. Barbara screams, and Ben runs into the room, thinking she is being threatened. The two men introduce themselves, and Harry insists that they go into the basement, as it would be the safest decision. Ben refuses, and tells everyone to stay upstairs. Ben, Harry and Tom all continue to board up all of the doors and windows.

Is then forced to get rid of his household goods to save Russell and continue on their journey. This is an example of Carl gaining the insight that he must give up some things to gain others. In this case, he gives up the remaining household goods that remind him of Ellie to save Russell. This is also a symbolic way of showing that Carl finally moves on from the pain of missing his wife, and can now move forward within his mental state of grief. As one ages, it is difficult for them to accept loss and gains. As Carl finally works up the courage to accept the change from his wife being gone, he gains the insight that just because she is no longer with him, doesn’t mean he shouldn’t move forward and adapt to his life without

Americans that are living pay check by pay are struggling to pay their bills every month, of these, most of them earn only minimum wage which is “$ 7 .25” Epstein, R, & Bedford, K. (2014) , p,3. Working full time, 40 hours a week and 52 week a year. The average Americans that are working minimum wage jobs are providing for families on a full time salary which is not enough to pay for the hose hold bills and proved for every day necessities; this forces them to find a second job. In 1996 the number of people holding two or more jobs averaged Barabara Ehrenreich (2011) “7.8 million or 6.2 percent in the workforce” (p.45). According to Michelle Conlin a senior writer and editor of the Working Life Department and Aaron Bemstein a senior writer on Workplace and social issues, 63% of United States families below the federal poverty line have one or more job. More than a “third are 18-25- year old” Conlin, M., & Bemstein, A. (2007), p, 2, who are trying to work their way up the ladder with little to no help. In today’s society more than “28 million people” Conlin, M., & Bemstein, A, (2007), p, 2, which is about a quarter of the workforce between the ages of “18 and 64, earn less than $9.04 an hour” Conlin, M., & Bemstein,A. (2007), p, 2. This is well below what most American’s would consider a decent stander of living. The increase in the cost of living means parents earning the national minimum wage struggle to support families. Raising the rent for apartment and houses are

The Investigators request to have a look around the house and Dexter confidently accepts and leaves them to complete their investigation. They come back to Dexter and questioned him about some sounds they had heard coming from around a sofa. Dexter's confidence quickly declined after The Investigators asked him about this, he started to stutter and fidget whilst speaking. He insisted it's nothing and begged them not to look any further, they did not listen and told him to follow after them. After twenty minutes of trying to find where the noises were coming from, Dexter finally cracked it and broke down into a hot mess. The guilt had gotten to him, Dexter dragged the couch to one side and revealed a hidden trap-door; he climbed down through the trapdoor and told the investigators to follow after him. There was a ladder which they climbed down for what felt like an hour, they finally reached the bottom of the ladder and to the left of them was a large door padlocked shut.